Addressing-machine.



PATENTBD JULY 17, 1906. G. OWENS n U. G. LEE.

ADDRESSING MACHINE. APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 1, 1905.

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APPLIOATION YILED AUG. 1,1905.

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No. 826,054. PATENTED JULY 1,7, 1906. C. OWENS & U.G. LEE.

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ADDRESSING MACHINE.

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PATBNTBD JULY 17, A1906. C. owl-:Ns & U. G. LEE. ADDRBSSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1. 1905.

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CHARLES OWENS AND AUmrssns g IUNiTin) lsrniins;iafiiinvr oFEroE,

GRANT LEE, oF cHATrAN'ooGA,'

' ,'TENNESSEEy'SAID LEE ASSIGNOR-TO DWlGHT'P. MONTAGUE,

4CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

. Ap'DBEs'siNG-MAQHINE.

Be it known that We, CHARLES OWENS and provements inAddressing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification. -A f YThe invention relates-to addressing-'mal'- chines of the general classin which aseries of stencils, type-plates, or the like are fed tothe..machine in unison with the magazine to .be addressed, so that the saidstencils or type-' I plates will associate vthemselves individually withthe magazines successively fed to'the machine to apply the addressthereto.

While we refer in this description to magazines, it will be understoodthat the machine may be adapted to address pa ers or articles of anycharacter susceptible o being handled in substantially the samemanner asa magazine.'

v to give" notice when the sup 1y of stencils h'as,

' j become exhausted or in faili haveffurther included meansforautomatic-v ally'separating the parcels orl 'magazines as.' 4o

In carrying out our invention We provide a machine in which theoperation of the stencil-feeding means and the impression or printingmeans will depend upon the presence of the magazine or paper at theproper oint or position to be addressed, sothat W en the said magazineis presented to have the address prmtel thereon the said parts of themachinewill be set-in operation; but if the magazine or paper 'fails tofeed or the supply becomes exhausted there will be no operatlon ofthe'stencil-feeing means or of the impres-v sion or printing means. inourmachine also a signal or bell designed addressed into ,separate clubsor towns', C'une ties, or-States ybymeans of specialstencilsnsertedamong .the series of stencils, 'a'n'fl'in-r thisconnection we have provided a signa'lfin; callingl attention of the,operator rWhen`=theA change occurs'l from onA "'club or f series ofmagazinesto another.' .Af p In 'delivering'.the l'dnagazinesy from thead-- dressing-machine Werarrang'tofexpose them, A address side11p;in'acor'iveniei'itf ppsitlon'fto be inspected l'before they placedin the .sacksQj """f-f 'pack i 'Specification o implicati@ sied August1,1eo5. sam Nq'. '272.26'7.

We have included' 1 out infthe claims..

- a side view 'of an addressing-mac l ling olir invention. Fig.'2 is aplan view of the '.machlne of Fig. -1.'4 Fig. 3 isl amsectio'nalvi'ewtion. Figs. 4f`and '5 arede'tail:vievifsrelating to the stencil-gri bythe drum.

detail views of another clutch or wed 'e lever. Fig. 12 is a detail Viewof a clutch-dis Fig.

controlling one 'of the'clutcli-levers. Fig/14 is a detail sectional.View of a modification in instead-essere the ma ai' any suitab e bear-'be.I1g-, fling-pressed, 'as at 6.;

t.f'lhe-.ste nc'i s'iare edfitothe machine by` an inclined trough7,finwli`ich thei stencils are "placedfa shown at 8, perpendicularto thethrough the stencil cary and "L rin'tin",4v -dru`m, the said sectionbeliyiilg1 iialnen'loiigitud'ic-'r P nally of theshaft of said drum and'partly'. -along the driving-shaft; the' controlling de-u .y

vices on said latter shaft also'being in sec-V `6 pping fingers orfdo'gscarried' 5 `ig. 6 isa det'ail viewfofa trough into 'which the stencilsare delivered; l after leavingl the'carryingdrum'i f Fig. 7 vis a i viewof a detail' relating'to' 'means for 4deliver -'r ing the stencilsinto"; g the;troughfrom-the' drum. Figs.Y 8 and 91a'r'e"detallvievvs-cfa"X 'clutch or Wedge lever.v Figs. l10 andl 1 are whichtype-plateslare carried by the drum Patented mijn, 1906. y

' f combination and arrangement'of arts here?" inaft'erl described, andparticulary pointed"- 5.5 In the accompanying draWin s, Flgure 11s. 4

13 is a sectional `vieWvin detailof afringjforfforreceivingthe maazines, and Fig. 20 is a.` ng to feed.' We A. diagrammaticviewjo thedrum and parts associaped therewith! forg use with type-plates ThemV esto lie'addressed are fed to The stencil@warnend-printing drum i 1fingers 15, carried by the fingers being drum,

shown at 11, this being supported loosely on l thrust it into the driventhrough gearings 51 l a shaft 12 and 52 from the drive-shaft 12. whichin turn is driven, as will be hereinafter described. The magazines asthey emer e from between the belts 2 strike the smoot surface of thestencil-drum 11 and are projected upwardly and then dropinto theposition indicated in dotted lines at 12X, Fig. 1,with its lower edgeresting upon a pressure roll or platen 13, which is journaled in theframe and has its bearing under tension of springs, such as is shown at14. This pressure-roll has its Iperiphery close to the periphery of thestencil-carrying drum, an in passing between this roll and thestencil-carrying drum the magazine receives the address from the stenciland the impression means carried by the stencil-drum. The stencils aretaken from the trough 7 one by one by dogs or gripperdrum 11, the saidarranged in pairs, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the members of each pairbeing located op osite each other and near op- 'posite sides o thestencil-drum. They are adapted to slide parallel with theaxis' of theand their outwardly-extendin fingers or points 16 are arranged to graspt e stencils on their inner edges, as shown at Fig. 4. The stencil-armsare controlled in their movements by springs 17, arran ed, as shown inFig. 3, between the sides o the stencildrum and the flanges 18 on thegripper arms or'fingers 15. These springs tend constantly to press thegripper-fingers outwardly to grasp the stencils by their inner edges,and or pressing the fingers inwardly they are provided with rollers 19,which ride upon c'ams 20 on the frame, Fig. 2, these cams being locatedadjacent the trough 7, so that as the stencil-drum brin s around thesecams wil Wardly. The stencil will then be forced against the drum by theweight 9, and immediately upon passing these cams 20 the gripper-fingersor do grasp the stenci opposite side of impillession.

inking-pad is associated with eachp air of stencil-gripping fingers ordogs, as indicated at 21. This pad is carried by a block 21', Figs. 1and 3, pressed normally inwardly by springs 22, bearing against lugs 22on the block. The inking-pad receives its ink from an inking-roller 23just before it arrives at the trough 7, as 'will be hereinafterdescribed.

In order to aid in moving the magazine positively between thepressure-roll 13 and the stencil-drum 11 for the printing action, weprovide arms 24 on the stencil-drum slightly in rear of the position ofthe inkingpads and adapted, as shown in Fig. 1, to lengage the upperedge of the magazine and to carry it around to the the machine formaking the the gripper-fingers` press the fingers inl s will moveoutwardly and bite of the stencil-drum and pressure-roll. The relationofthe parts is such that the center of the magazine as forced betweenthe pressure-roll and stencildrum will be directly opposite theinkingpad, over which pad the stencil is held by the gripper arms orfingers, as above described, so that the impression will be made throughthe stencil onto the magazine as it is passing between the pressure-rolland the stencil-drum. The magazine will then drop into a chute 25 to bedelivered onto a table 26, while the stencil will be delivered onto aplate 27, inclining downwardly, along which the stencil will pass and bedeposited in a trough 28, arranged at an inclination, the said stencilsbeing set perpendicularly to the bottom of this trough.

For releasing the stencils after passing the impression-point we providecams 29, Fig. 2, against which the rollers 19 of the gripper arm's orfingers ride to press the said fingers inwardly and disengage theirinner ends from the inner edges of the stencils. Power is transmitted tothe machine through a shaft 30, Fig. 1, having beveled gear 31, meshingwith a bevel-gear 32 on an upright shaft 33, journaled in bearings 34and having at its lower end a beveled gear 35, meshing with a beveledgear 36, carried by a drum 37, turning loosely on the hubs of a disk 38and a crank-disk 39. The disk 3S is fixed to the drive-shaft 12, whilethe crankdisk 39 is loose on the said shaft. The drum 37 carries aclutch pin or pins 40, pressed by a s ring'41 to engage a notch42 in theclutchdis i 3S. IThe clutch-pin carries 'a projection 43, and theposition of the clutch-pin is controlled by a wedge or clutch lever 44,the inclined or wedge portion of which is adapted to act on the pin 43when the clutch is allowed to remain in line with the path of said pinas the drum 37 rotates constantly.

The clutch-lever is shown in detail in Figs. 8 and 9, and, as shown inFig. 1, it is pivoted to the frame at 45 and is connected by a link 46to a crank-arm 47 on a shaft 43, journaled in the frame, the said shafthaving a finger or arm 49 extending upwardly in the path of themagazines as they are fed to themachine TOO IIO

between the upper and lower pairs ofendless tapes or belts.

As long as magazines are being fed to the machine the clutch or wedgelever will be held in inoperative position-tliat is, out of the path ofthe projection 43 of the clutchin 42-because the said magazine inpassing to the machine will press upon the arm 49, and this through thelink 46 will swing the clutchlever and withdraw its wedge-shaped endfrom the path of the clutch-pin; but when the feed of the magazine failsand no pressure is exerted on the arm 49 a spring 50, connected with theclutch-lever and the frame,

`will swing the said clutch-lever so as to en- A ism will cease; but therotary carrier will be started again when the next magazine is fedthereto by the action of said magazine on the controlling means. Theparts are timed so that the shaft 12 makes one revolution for each maazine, and the revolution of this shaft, as efore stated, is transmittedto the stencil-drum through the gear 51, fixed on' the shaft,.and theinternal gear 52 of the stencil-drum and the gearing is proportioned sothat for each revolution of the shaft 12 the stencil-drum will rotateadistance corresponding to that between the inking-pads or stencil-gripping means.

When the clutch-lever 44 is withdrawn from the path of the clutchin orrather its ro'ection 43, it is prevente from springing ac into itsoperative oreffective position after the magazine has passed the arm 49by means of apin 53, carried by the said clutchlever riding upon thesurface of a ring 54, fixed and rotating with the drum 37. The ring iscut away at the point 55, so thatwhen this cut-away portion is broughtaround to the pin 53 and there is no magazine being fed to press on thearm 49 the clutch-lever will be free to move with its wedge end inwardlytoward the shaft, and thus into the path of the clutch-pin 42; but if amagazine is being fed the arm 49 will be pressed upon and theclutch-lever will still be held retracted, and the recess 55 will thenpass without effect beneath the in 53, and said pin will then continueto ri e upon the periphery ofthe ring 54.

The hiking-pad may consist of soft rubber or other material applied as afacing to asuitable block which is pressed by the spring 22.

The necessary pressure for the impression is effected by a roller 56,mounted on the end of the driving-shaft 12, Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Thisroller has its axis in the plane passing through the axis of the shaft12 and the axis of the pressure-roller 13, and the impressionblocks byriding over the periphery of this' roller are forced outwardly to pressthe ink ing-pads against the stencils and to force the ink through theopenin s in the said stencils onto the magazine. T e inkin -blocks arealso forced out on the opposite si e of the machine by another roller57, so that the inkingpad will be made to contact with the inkin roller23. This inking-roller is supplied wit ink'from a fountain-roller 58,arranged in a fountain 59, supported on a frame, the said roller havinga ratchet 60 operated by a pawl 62 on an arm turning on the axis of thefountain-roller, the said arm being connected by a link 63 with acrank-arm 64 on a shaft 65, which is operated from the crank-disk 39 bymeans of a link or pitman 66, connecting with the arm 67. Thiscrank-disk 39 is driven from the rotary drum 37 by a clutchpin 68, thesaid clutch-pin being withdrawn to release the crank-disk from therotary drum at intervals, as will be hereinafter described. The stencilswhen dropped into the trough 28 are pushed upwardly against the pile ofstencils already in the said trough by means of a plate 70, which, asshown in Figs. 1 and 7, is pivoted to the lower end of the inclinedplate 27. This plate or leaf is given an oscillating movement from thearm 64` on the rock-shaft 65 by means of a link 71, which is connectedwith the arm 64 at one end and with the leaf at the other end by meansof a pin 72, extending from the edge of the said leaf, as shown in Fig.7. The stencils When pushed forward against the pile are held by dogs ordetents 73, as shown in Fig. 6, the detents being pivoted to the wallsof the trough at 74 and being pressed by springs 75. The leaf 7 0, aswill be understood from the above, merely oscillates at the lower end ofthe trough and pushes the stencils upwardly one by one along the trough28. Within this trough a projection 76 is provided, which is also oftrough form, leaving la crevice beneath its bottom and between its sidesand the side of the main trough. This projection or supplemental trough76 is screwed to the main trough at 77, and a removable trough (notshown) is laced in the main trough, with its sides in t e crevicesmentioned, so that the stencils as they are pushed along thesupplemental trough 76 will pass into the remov. able trough, and whenthis is filled it may be `removed and the stencils packed away in properorder for further use. By the arrangement just described the removabletrough,

in effect, telescopes with the main and supplemental trough, and thus noabrupt shoulders or obstructions are presented which might prevent theproper discharge of the stencils from the machine able trough. By havingthe supplemental trough or projection 76 of considerable length it wi lallow time for the withdrawal of the removable trough filled withstencils and the replacing of an empty trough.

As before stated, the magazines drop through a chute 25 onto a table 26.This is of semicircular form, Fig. 2, and is swept by adistributing-lever 78. Supposing the magazine to drop upon the plate ortable, with the distributing-lever in the position shown in dotted linesin Fig. 2, it would be swept off from the table by the motion of thedistributing-arm from right to left in the arrow direction. Should,however, the distributingarm be at the left-hand end of its sweep whenthe magazine falls upon the table, the said magazine would be swepttherefrom by the movement of the distributing-arm from left to right. Itwill thus be seen that the magainto the removdifferent States, counties,&c.

oscillate fromthe crank-disk 39 through the,

'1, to draw the hammer against the bel.

Aa zine may be discharged at various points, i and 1n t e presentinstance we have shown two discharge-points, the object here being toseparate the addressed ma azines which are intended for dierent locaities, such as The distributing-arm is operated so as to rock-shaft 65,before described, which rockshaft carries a beveled gear 80, Fig. 1,meshing with a beveled gear 81 on a shaft 82, adapted 'to rock inbearings 83, which shaft at its lower end has the distributing-arm fixedthereto. The change in the delivery is effected by means ofanextra-thick stencil, which is placed in the series of stencils betweenthose intended Jfor one locality and those following, which are intendedfor a different locality. This eXtra-thick stencil is picked up from thetrough 7 by the gripper fingers or arms'15, before described, and, likethe addressing-stencils, it is carried around by the drum.- As theeXtra-thick stencil passes beneath a roller 84X, Fig. 1, it raises thesame, together with the arm 84, carrying the said roller, which arm isfixed to a shaft or pin 85, journaledin the frame 81, which pin orshaftalso carries the clutch-lever 86, said clutch-lever ,having awedge-shaped end at 87, Fi s. 10 and 11, so that when this wedgeshapeend of the lever is thrown inwardly toward the driving-shaft 12 by thelifting of the roller 84X, riding on the extra-thick stencil, the saidWed e-shapedend will lie in .the path of the clutc -pin 68, whichconnects the crank-disk 39 withthe driving-drum 37, and the -saidcrank-.disk will therefore be released from the driving-drum and will beallowed to remain stationary for one-half a revolution, when theclutch-pin 68 will again spring into a notch in the said crank-disk,thus losing one sweep or one action of the delivery-arm,` so that on thenext sweep of this arm, or, in other words, its movement from left toright, it will swee the magazine from off the tatble, and thus eliver itinto a different sack or pile from that into which the arm formerlyelivered the magazine.

While the change in the delivery takes place levers 88, carriedpivotally by the constantly-rotating gear-wheel 36, will be thrownoutwardly at their free ends, because pins 89 on the said levers 88 will-ride upon cam portions 90 of the crankdisk, and these pins 89 will bebrought into line with the end of an arm 91, pivoted at 9 2 to the frameand carryin a bell-hammer 93, adapted to act on a be l 94, which actiontakesl place to give the signal when the pin 89 contacts with andreleases the arm 91, allowing a spring 94, Fi

This signal will notify the operator of the change in the delivery. Weemploy the same roller or detector 84 and levers 84 86 for giving asignal when there is no stencil being carried by the drum 11 :beneaththe roller 84X. For this purpose the lever 86 is connected by a link 95with a bracket or plate 96, suitably pivoted to the frame at 97 andcarrying a bell-hammer 98. This is pressed in one direction by a spring99. When no stencil is passing beneath the roller 84X, the said rollerwill drop and through the levers 84 86 will swing the bracket or plate96 so as to bring the end of the bell-hammer 98 into the path of pins100, carried by the constantly-rotatin gear-wheel 36. In this manner asignal wi l be given when theldrum is devoid o1 stencils. It will bevnoticed that the magazine falls upon the table 26 with the addressedside presented upwardly and is swept off of the said table in thatposition. Any suitable means may be provided for receiving themagazines-such, for instance, as a mail-bag-or an elevatordevice, suchas is shown in Fig. 17, may be employed, which elevates the magazines toa delivery-point 101 from which the magazines fall into suitable curvedarms 102, which are inserted in openings in the elevated table 103. Inpassing lover this table 103 the ma azines still have their address sidepresente upward] and they may be inspected at this point. If it isdesired to discharge the addressed magazines into mail-bags, the deviceshown .in Fig. 18 may be empzloyed, which consists of aA plate 104,having a projection 105 to .be inserted in one of the openings in thetable 103, a pair of said plates being )referably used for eachmail-bag, one on eacli side, and serving as spreaders for the said bags,which may be hung upon hooks, as at 106.

As shown in Fig. 1, a clutch 108 is arranged in the vertical shaft 33for the purpose of timing the operation of the machine above describedwith other parts which may be driven in unison or in a certain relationas to time with the parts of the addressing-machine.

It will be understood that as long as the magazine or papers continue tobe fed to the stencil-carrying drum the said drum through the drivingmechanism above described will remain in constant rotation.

It will be understood that the stencils of ordinary thickness will lnothave any effect upon the roller 84 and the mechanism controlled therebyto detach the crank-disk 39 from the driving-drum 37.

Instead of using stencil-plates metal plates having type-surfaces may beemployed, and when so used the rollers 56 and 57 and the supportingmeans therefor may be dispensed with, as may also the inkin -pads andthe devices associated immediate ly therewith. The arrangement for usein connection with the type plates is shown more lparticularly in Figs.14 and 15. A st ationary cam 1110 is mounted on the center shaft, andsliding dogs 111, ressed inwardly by springs 112 and outw ar ly byrollers 1 1 3 ,riding on the lateral faces TOO ol' the cam 110, serve4to grip and release the type-plates, one of which is shown at 113x, thesaid dogs having ripping points or teeth 1 14 and` the type-pIateshaving beveled side edges, as at 115. The do s are separated from eachother at the trou like that formerly described at 7, and t e type-plateis carried out of the trough by raised projections 1 16, carried aroundby the drum, and as soon as this occurs the dogs are released and-spring toward each other to grip the typeplate by its-edges, when thetype-plate has passed the impression-point and arrives over the inclinedplate 27 and cam 110 separates the dogs and releases the type-plate in amanner similar to that above described in connection with the stencils.

It will be understood that the inking-roller instead of being placed inadvance of the trough 7 is placed at any suitable point between the saidtrough and the impressionpoint. This is indicated. diagrammatically inFig. 20.

The lower one of the rolls3 4, about which pass the carrier tapes orbands for the magazines, is driven positively from the shaitAiOX througha shaft 117 and bevel-gearing at 118 119.

It will be understood that 'the rotary carrier moves continuously solong as the magazines are fed thereto, but becomes intermittent when thcfeed of magazines becomes irregular. It is therefore at times acontinuously-rotating carrier and at times a stepby-stcp carrier, and itwill also be understood that the machine is started from a position ofrest by a magazine when fed thereto.

We claim- 1. In an addressing-machine, a rotary carrier lor theprinting-plates or stencils, means for automatically conveying anddischarging the magazines against the periphery of the rotary carrierand in a direction substantially diametrically thereof and impressionmeans to receive the said magazines and stencils, said impression meansbeing adjacent the periphery of the carrier, and the mpression beingmade in the passing of the stencil and magazine between the carrier andthe impression means substantially as described.

2. In an addressing-machine, a rotary carrier for the printing-plates orstencils, means for automatically carrying the magazines to theperiphery of the rotary carrier and projections extending outwardly fromthe periphery of the carrier to move the magazine as discharged thereto,and impression means, the said projections on the carrier forcing themagazine between the carrier and the impression means, substantially asdescribed.

3. In an addressing-machine, a rotary carrier for the printing-plates orstencils, means for automatically conveying and discharg ing themagazines upon the rotary carrier, a platen below the discharge-point ofthe magazine onto which the ma azine drops and between which and the surace of the carrier the magazine asses to receive the impression,substantia ly as described.

4. In an addressing-machine, a rotary carrier for the printing-plates orstencils, means for automatically conveying and discharging themagazines u on the rotary carrier, a platen below the 'scharge-pointofthe magazine onto which the ma azine drops and between which and thesu ace of the carrier the magazine passes to receive the impression, anmeanson the'rotary carrier for moving the magazine between itself Aandthe impression means, substantiallyias described.

5. In combination in an addressing-machine, a rotar carrier for theprinting-plates or stencils, in `ng means associated with the carrierand an impression-platen arranged laterally and adjacent to theperiphery of the carrier and between which and the periphery of thecarrier the magazines are dropped, substantially as described.

6. In combination in an addressing-machine, a rotary carrier for theprinting-plates or stencils, inking means associated with the rotarycarrier including an ink-pad on the carrier,` a platen arranged to oneside of the periphery of the carrier and means for automaticallyconveying the magazines to the carrier and at a point above the platento drop thereupon, and pass between the said platen and the carrierI forthe impression, substantially as described.

7. In an addressing machine, a rotary carrier for the stencils, meansfor conveying and dischar ing the magazines to the carrier, said meanseing directed tothe side periphery of the carrier, and impression meansto receive the magazine as discharged, said means consisting of a platenarranged below the point of discharge and between which platen and thecarrier the magazines and stencils pass, substantially as described.

8. In an addressing-machine, a rotary carrier for the stencils orprinting-plates, an inking-pad sup orted on the carrier and adapted tomove ra ially, an impression-platen adj acent 'the periphelrlplf thecarrier and means for moving the i g-pad outwardly on the carrier as thestencil and magazine pass the impression-platen, substantially asdescribed.

9. In an addressing-machine, a rotary carrier for the stenci ls orprinting-plates, an inking-pad supported on the carrier and adapted tomove radially, an impression-platen adjacent the periphe of the carrierand means for moving the in ing-pad as the stencil and magazine pass theimpression-platen, said means consisting of a roller within the drumover which the block of the inking-pad passes to be forced out thereby,substantially as described.

10. In combination, a rotary carri er, means thereon for gripping theprinting- IIO plates or stencils, an impression-platen arranged todischarge the magazine downwardly from between itself and the carrier,means for receiving lthe magazines as -they fall by gravity, a plateupon which the stencils are received, to be-held separate from themagazines, and means for operating the grippers to release the stencilswhen they reach a certain point, substantially as described.

11. In combination, a rotary carrier for the'stencils, a drive-shaft,gearing between the said drive-shaft and the carrier to give apart-revolution to the carrier for each revolution of the drive-shaft, arotary drum having a clutch connection with the drive-shaft, a lever forcontrolling the clutch, means operated by the magazines for retractingthe said clutch-lever to allow the clutch to start the shaftl andcarrier from a position of. rest, substantially as described.

12.v In combination, a rotary carrier having a plurality, of grippingmeans disposed about its periphery at equal distances apart, adrive-shaft for imp arting to the carrier a movement equal to thedistance between the individual gripper4 means at eachrevolution of thesaid shaft, a clutch for driving the said shaft, a clutch-lever andmeans operated by the magazines to control the clutch-lever to start therotar carrier when the magazine is fed thereto, su stantially asdescribed.

13. In combination in a machine of the class described, a rotarycarrier, a clutch for driving the same, a clutch-lever for releasing theclutch, controlling means in the path of the magazines for. moving theclutch-lever when struck by the magazines to start the rotary carrierfrom a position of rest, and means for maintaining the clutch-leverretracted for a specified time, substantially as described'.

14. In combination in a machine of the class described, a rotarycarrier, a clutch for driving the same, a clutch-lever for releasing theclutch, controlling means in the ath of the magazines for movin theclutchever to its retracted position w en struck by the magazines tostart the rota carrier, and means for maintaining the c utch-leverretracted, said maintaining means consisting of a ring rotating with theclutch and upon which apart of the clutch-lever rides when retracted,said ring having a eut-away part to allow the clutch-lever to move tooperative position if no magazine is fed when said notch reaches theappropriate part of the clutch-lever, substantially as described.

15. In combination in a machine of the class described, a rotary carrierfor the stencils or other articles, impression means, a

. drive-shaft, connections between the driveshaft and the rotary carrierincluding a clutch, means for controlling the clutch to start the rotarycarrier when a magazine is fedto the carrier, a crank-disk on thedriveshaft, inking means and a connection from, said inking means to thecrank-disk, siibstantially as described.

16. In combination in a machine of the class described, .a rotarycarrier for the printing-plates, means for feeding magazines to thecarrier, a drive-shaft for the carrier, a clutch between the saiddrive-shaft and the rotary carrier, a clutch-lever controlled bythemagazines to start the rotary carrier when a magazine is fed, inkingmechanism and a connection betweenthe said drive-shaft and the saidinking mechanism, substantially as described.

17. In combination, a rotary carrier, a holder for receiving thestencils therefrom, a reciprocating packing device for packing thestencils together, detent means and means for driving the saidreciprocating packer and the rotary carrier, said means being controlledby the presence of the magazine to be addressed, substantially asdescribed.

18. In combination, a rotary carrier, a holder to receive the stencilsas discharged therefrom, a reciprocating packer for pack-A ing thestencils together, a rock-shaft, inking means, means tor driving therotary carrier, a

connection between the said means and the y rock-shaft which drives thereciprocating packer and a connection between the said rock-shaft andthe inking means, substantially as described.

19. In combination in -a machine of the class described, a carrier forthe stencils, holding means for receiving the stencils therefromconsisting of a trough and a projection in the said trough lhish withone part of' the bottom thereof, and having a crevice between itself andadjacent portions of' the trough whereby a removable trough may l )einserted to receive the stencils as they pass over the said projection,substantially as described.

20. In combination in a machine of the class described, means forcarrying the stencils, impression means, a table or support upon whichthe magazines are discharged and a variable delivery means associatedwith the said table and moving tliereover to discharge the magazinetherefrom, substantially as described.

21. In combination in a Vmachine of the class described, carrier means,means for supplying stencils thereto individually, impression means,variable delivery means for the magazines and controlling means for thevariable delivery means, said controlling means acting on the stencilswhile held on the carrier means, substantially as described.

22. In combination in a machine of the class described, carrier means, atable to receive the addressed magazines, a deliveryarm adapted to sweepover the said table to discharge the magazines at a plurality of pointsand means for operating and control- IOO IIC

ling the said arm, said means being in turn controlled by the thicknessof the stencils, lsubstantially as described.

23. In combination in a machine of the class described, a carrier forthe stencils, impression means, a support or table for receiving theaddressed magazines, a delivery-arm adapted te sweep the said table todischarge the magazines at a plurality of points, drive means lor thecarrier, a crank-disk thereon having a clutch connection therewith, aconnection between the said crank-disk and the delivery-arm and meansoperated by a stencil of extra thickness for controlling the saidclutch, substantially as described.

24. In -combination in a machine of the class described, a carrier forthe stencils, a detector means arranged adjacent the periph-` ery of thesaid carrier to bear on the stencils and to operate automatically whenthestencils are absent to give indication of this fact,

' substantially as described.

25. In combination in a machineof the class described, a carrier for thestencils, a detector arranged adjacent the periphery of the said carrierto operate automatically when the stencils are absent, a signal andmeans for operating the said signal from the detector, substantially asdescribed.

26. In combination in a machine of the class described, a carrier forthe stencils and impression means, variable-delivery means fordelivering the magazines at a plurality of oints according to States,counties and the like, a detector arranged adjacent the periphery of thecarrier, a clutch for changing the delivery operated from the saiddetector and a signal to be operated when the clutch is op-l erated,substantially a described.

27. In combination, a carrier, a detector arranged adjacent the surfacethereof to ride on the stencils, a variable-delivery means, drive meansfor the magazine including a constantly-rotating part, a crank-disk, aclutch controlling the operation of the said crankdisk, connectionbetween the crank-disk and the delivery means, aclutch-lever operated bya detector for controlling the said clutch, the said crank-disk havin acam-shaped portion, a member carried by tlgie constantly-operating 5opart to ride on the said cam-shaped portion of the crank-disk when thelatter is stationary due to the release of the clutch, and a signaloperated by the said movable member, substantially as described.

- 28.. In combination in a machine of the class described, a carrier, avariable delivery for the magazines, means for changin the said deliveryincluding a clutch and a etector arranged adjacent thesurface of thecar- 6o rier and having a clutch-lever controlled thereby to operate theclutch, a signal to be operated when the said clutch is operated tochange the delivery, a second signal to be operated when there are nostencils passing the detector and'means for controlling the said signalfrom the clutch-lever, substantially as described.

29. In combination in a machine of the class described, a carrier forthe stencils, im- 7o presslon means, a detector arranged adjacent ,thesurface of the carrier, a constantly-operating part carrying means formaking a signal, signal devices, the said signal devices and the meanson the constantly-operating part for operating it being normally out ofahnement and means for throwing them into alinement controlled by thedetector means, substan tially as described.

In testimony whereof we afliX our signa- 8c tures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES OWENS. ULYSSES GRANT LEE.

Witnesses to signature of Chas. Owens:

FRANK CHAPMAN, A. A. CHAPMAN.

Witnesses to signature of U. G. Lee:

ALEX LYLE, C. C. PARIS.

